GRIFFIN  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• SPALDING
• SPALDING, WILLIAM (1809-1859)

Spalding county, See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, U.S.A., 43 M . S. of See also:

• ATLANTA

Atlanta, and about 970 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . Pop . (1890) 4503;(1900) 6857 (3258 negroes) ; (1910) 7478 . It is served by the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern and the Central of Georgia See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and is the southern See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the Griffin & See also:

• CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

Division of the latter . The city is situated in a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural region, and just outside the corporate limits is an agricultural experiment station, established by the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state but maintained by the Federal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . Griffin has a large See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is the vaanufacture of cotton and cotton-See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed oil . Buggies, wagons, chairs and See also:

• HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness are among the other manufactures . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates the See also:

• WATER

water and electric-See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting systems . Griffin was founded in 184o and was chartered as a city in 1846 .